Synonyms for housing
ˈhaʊ zɪŋhous·ing

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1. housingnoun

   Synonyms:
   accommodation, covering, case, casing, lodging, lid, cover

2. housingnoun

   The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.

   Synonyms:
   cover, lid, covering, accommodation, casing, case, lodging

3. housingnoun

   Residences, collectively.

   She lives in low-income housing.

   Synonyms:
   case, lodging, lid, cover, casing, accommodation, covering

4. housingnoun

   A mechanical component's container or covering.

   The gears were grinding against their housing.

   Synonyms:
   lid, cover, accommodation, lodging, case, casing, covering

5. housingnoun

   A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.

   Synonyms:
   case, lid, covering, lodging, accommodation, cover, casing

6. housingnoun

   An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.

   Synonyms:
   lodging, case, cover, lid, covering, casing, accommodation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. housing, lodging, living accommodationsnoun

   structures collectively in which people are housed

   Synonyms:
   lodging, living accommodations, lodgment, caparison, lodgement, trapping

2. housingnoun

   a protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component

   Synonyms:
   lodging, living accommodations, caparison, trapping

3. caparison, trapping, housingnoun

   stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

   Synonyms:
   trapping, caparison, lodging, living accommodations

Matched Categories

1. • Protective Covering
   • Stable Gear

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. housingnoun

   Synonyms:
   horse-cloth, saddle-cloth

2. housingnoun

   Synonyms:
   covering, protection (from the weather)

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1. List of paraphrases for "housing":

   shelter, accommodation, dwelling, dwellings, residential, houses, lodging, accommodations, shroud, logement, bezel, homes, vivienda, lodgings, home, casing, habitat, estates, habitation, house, surround, flats, estate, quarters, 'habitation, uk, apartment, residence, real-estate

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1. London Breed:

   If we're going to make San Francisco more affordable, we need to increase our housing stock, we have, between 2010 and 2015, created one unit of housing for every eight jobs.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   The subprime problems are now creating massive issues on Wall Street, it's a serious problem affecting our housing market and millions of hard working families. So what are some of the things we need to do? We need to expand the role of the (Federal Housing Administration) to issue more mortgages at better rates to these homeowners. We need to give consumers more counseling and information, prevent families from being trapped in high interest loans with pre-payment penalties and in some cases, allow more breathing room from foreclosure.

3. Vanessa Oddo:

   Foreclosure is a more extreme form of hardship, it is increasingly evident that factors associated with poverty, including unemployment, housing instability, and food security, are related to child health.

4. Shinichiro Kadota:

   U.S. data related to housing and private consumption, which are swayed by winter conditions, bear watching.

5. Chen Zhitao:

   Shenzhen's current property dilemma ... is no longer to protect families in need, but how to find housing for its (professional) talent.